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PATBNTED FEB. 13, 1906. G. D. LORSGH.

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APPLICATION FILED AUG. 5, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT orrron GIDEON D. LORSCH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO STANDARD OILED CLOTHING COMPANY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 1906.

Application filed August 5, 1905. Serial No. 272,824.

To a whono it may concern.

Be it known that I, GIDEoN D. LORSOH, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented new and useful Improvements in Hats, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to hats.

The invention may be incorporated in various kinds of headwear, andespecially waterproof or oiled hats of the kind known as tarpaulin."

A hat involving the invention is provided with depending earcoveringpieces and a chin-strip detachably connected with one of said pieces, soas to facilitate the application of the hat to the head and its removalthere from. The said chin-strip is adjustably connected with the otherear-covering piece, so that it can be readily fitted to the user.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification Iillustrate a hat of the tarpaulin kind involving my invention, and Iwill describe the same in detail, so that those skilled in the art canmake and use the hat.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the article lookingfrom the under side thereof. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation.

Like characters refer to like parts in both the views.

The hat illustrated is denoted in a general way by 2, and its crown andrim may be of any desirable shape, as will be understood from what Ihave hereinbefore stated. The crown is provided with the usual lining.Pendent from the hat or from the crown thereof are two oppositeear-covering pieces 3 and 4, which may be made from any suitablematerial, such as canvas, duck, or the like. In use these ear-coveringpieces overlie the ears of the wearer to protect them. They may bestitched or otherwise fastened in placefor example, at the junction ofthe crown and rim of the hat.

A chin-strip 5, which, as will be understood from its name, extendsunder the chin when in use, holds the hat in place on the head of thewearer. This chin-strip may be made of the same material as the twopendent ear-covering pieces 3 and 4 and, like them, are doubled forstrength, although of course this is not essential. I have shown at ornear one end of the chin-strip a buttonhole 6 to receive a button or itsequivalent, as 7 ,fastened to the earcovering piece 3. The other pendentearc'overing piece 4 is doubled on itself and fastened together near itslower terminal end to produce a loop 8 to receive the metallic loop 9,through which the chin-strip 5 is passed. That end of the chin-stripopposite that having the pendent buttonhole 6 is fastened to thecross-bar of a skeleton slide or buckle 10, the strip being extendedbetween its ends through the slide. It will be understood that the endof the strip is permanently connected to the cross-bar 0f the skeletonslide. The application of the slide to the strip provides for theadjustable connection of the latter with the pendent ear-covering piece4, there being really an adjustable loop at one end of said strip, whichis looped in the metallic loop 9. The slide by reason of itsconstruction serves to hold the chin-strip in a longitudinally-adjustedrelation. To lengthen the chin-strip, it is only necessary to move theskeleton slide 10 toward the earcovering piece 4. To shorten it, theslide will be moved toward the ear-covering piece 3, and wherever theslide may be it will maintain the desired adjustment of the chin-strip.The adjustment in question is one that can be easily and quickly made.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is p A hat providedwith depending ear-covering pieces, one of which has a button, the otherbeing doubled on itself to produce a loop, a metallic loop connectedwith the other loop, a chin-strip having a buttonhole at one end toreceive said button, and extended through said metallic loop, a slideprovided with a cross-bar to which that end of the strip opposite theone having the buttonhole is permanently connected, the stri beingextended between its ends through sald slide.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

GIDEON D. LORSCH.

Witnesses:

MAX STERN, S. H. EMANUEL.

